Hughes Lake (California)

Hughes Lake
Location	Angeles National Forest Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates	34°40′33″N 118°26′44″W / 34.675818°N 118.445638°WCoordinates: 34°40′33″N 118°26′44″W / 34.675818°N 118.445638°W
Type	Sag pond
Basin countries	United States
Surface elevation	3,192 ft (973 m)[1]
Settlements	Lake Hughes

Hughes Lake, referred to before 1924 as West Elizabeth Lake, is a lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

The lake is one of a series of sag ponds in the foothills of the Sierra Pelona Mountains, including Elizabeth Lake, and Munz Lakes, all created by the active motion of tectonic plates.

Lake Hughes, an unincorporated community, began settlement in the area around 1873.

See also

• List of lakes in California

References

1. "Hughes Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

• Reynolds, Jerry (1976–1994). "Chapter 30. The North Forty, History of the Santa Clarita Valley". The Signal. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
• Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1906). "Lower Lake Elizabeth on the Line of the Rift". The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
• Forest Service (May 2004). "Draft Land Management Plan: Part 2-Angeles National Forest Strategy" (.PDF). R5-MB-041. U.S. Department of Agriculture: 47. Retrieved 22 March 2009.